Your project will be assessed using the following rubric.

Be sure to take a look at each category and be sure you did your best to produce a quality product.

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Category	Advanced 4	Proficient 3	Basic 2	Below Basic 1	Student Score
Amount of information	All topics are addressed and all questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each. (Historical/Governmental Buildings, Biographies of Ancient Roman Officials, Connection to U.S. Governmental Structure)	All topics are addressed and most questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each.	All topics are addressed, and most questions answered with 1 sentence about each.	One or more topics were not addressed.
Mechanics	No grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.	Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.	Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.
Research / Internet Use	Successfully uses suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance. Student also worked outside the box and found their own resources to enhance their work.	Usually able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance. The student found one or two outside resources to use as well.	Occasionally able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance. The student did not look for other resources on their own.	Needs assistance or supervision to use suggested internet links and/or to navigate within these sites. No outside resources were found.
Completed Tour Guide	Tour Guide shows extra effort in design. Extra components were included to enhance the project.	Tour Guide shows effort in design. All required components were included.	Tour Guide does not show effort in design. Missing one component.	Tour Guide is incomplete. Very little effort was put into the creation of this project. Missing two or more components.
Contribution and cooperation among partners	Student accepted responsibilities for research and forming answers. In addition, student contributed to the group, invited contributions from others, and disagrees respectfully.	Student accepted most responsibilities for research and forming answers. In addition, student contributed most of the time to the group and invites contributions from others. Student needs to be more respectful in disagreeing.	Student accepted some responsibility for research and forming answers. In addition, student sits in group but does not participate adequately. Student responds to others but does not volunteer for work. Student does not distract partner.	Student made little contribution to research and forming answers. Student is uninvolved most of the time and/or makes irrelevant or distracting statements.
Presentation	Team presents to class. Each team member has an active part in the presentation.	Team presents to class. Participation effort is not shared equally among team members.	Team presents to class. One or more team members does not share in presentation.	Team presents to class. Only one team member speaks on behalf of the team.